The World is NOT 6000 yrs old. It's actually 18 yrs old.... [View all]

[Junkdrawer]

Well, it is if all you have is the Internet and Google and you're trying to get a handle on history - especially history as presented in news stories in the popular media.

I used to practically LIVE in libraries. Those huge green volumes called 'The Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature' were my best friends. Now that we have Google, I've become lazy - haven't been to a physical library in years.

This thread reminded me of that:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=2864276

When I did use libraries, one of my favorite things to do was to read how the popular media covered The Bomb between 1945 and say, 1950. The hubris, the suggestions that we use the bomb to move mountains and reroute rivers, the sense that God gave US the bomb, so obviously God wanted US to rule the World. And the absolute HORROR when the USSR exploded its first bomb. Thus the setup for McCarthyism.

All out there for you to read --- in your public library. On the Internet? Not so much.